Understood...but I'm sure a metallurgist would likely refute your statement of 'pure' when the entire coin is a silver alloy. I'm not a...
Actually, 'pure silver' is not accurate. The pre-1920 coins are 92.5% silver (aka sterling). They're nice regardless. I try to buy sterling...
I buy nice mid-grade circulated Type 2 Standing Liberty quarters as my main 'long-term hold' collection. I believe they will hold their value and...
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Back up the truck! ;)
Nice buy on the circulated silvers. I always like teens Aus coinage and Cuban. Are the last three cards valuable on the market? I've been...
Agreed. You can be an elitist, but you don't have to be a jerk about it. Life's too short. That quote from him Burton provided is very...
I liked him, in general, but he, as do others on this site, seem to have difficulty understanding the concept of discretion. Yes, many new...
If acquired through bulk purchases or CRH, they are sold to fund 90% or 99% or numismatics coins.
Purchased at a recent local show. I've been looking to buy an early French Directory 5 franc (the Bourdeaux mintmark is a nice bonus) and a...
Absolutely a good reason to limit spending for newbies and I assign $14.50 purchases to the 'small' category. And I completely sympathize about...
In light of this, then your ~$3-5 tuition payment for this education is also a good deal. Don't worry about pinching pennies for a fun hobby....
I'll simply echo that you paid about average retail and the 'bother' of returning is not worth it. It's a nice circulated example of a large...
Very cool buy. I got the same find about a two years ago.
Recent buy from my favorite LCS. $45 total, which is a good deal: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
These are my specialty and in my opinion this is a VG given the amount of wear throughout coupled with the very weak date. I'd say this is a...
I agree about the average age of collectors hasn't change, but I do get the feeling that the total number of collectors seems to be decreasing...
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That's why I prefer to always buy in person or from online sellers I already trust and who put good effort into their photos.
This 1921 Peace looks uncleaned to me. The toning is too even and natural on the reverse and the chatter on the obverse looks like normal...
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